What is the population of Kalona city?

Kalona city has 2,679 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #135 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Kalona city?

Median household income in Kalona city is $72,766 a year, 7.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kalona city?

Median gross rent is $819 a month and the median home value is $221,300, so rent absorbs about 13.5% of median household income.

Is Kalona city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kalona city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kalona, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kalona, Iowa (Kalona, IA — Census place “Kalona city”) is 2,679 residents, ranking #135 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $72,766, the median home is worth $221,300 and median gross rent runs $819 a month. Looking for the Kalona Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kalona, IA: 52247.

Population: 2,679Kalona city residents
Median household income: $72,766Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $221,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $819Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.8%Owner-occupied households

Kalona ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kalona.

The Kalona IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

52247

What the numbers mean in Kalona city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kalona city median would spend about 13.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.1% of residents and 70.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Kalona city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kalona city is a small town in Iowa, with 2,679 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #135 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 41 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Kalona city earn a median of $72,766 a year, 7.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 7% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 3.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kalona city is valued at $221,300, 27.1% below the national figure and 42% above the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $819 a month, 41.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,828 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 70.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Kalona city?: Kalona city has 2,679 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #135 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Kalona city?: Median household income in Kalona city is $72,766 a year, 7.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kalona city?: Median gross rent is $819 a month and the median home value is $221,300, so rent absorbs about 13.5% of median household income.
Is Kalona city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kalona city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kalona city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.